Posted by Christ_empowered on October 9, 2011, at 2:09:52
In reply to Dysphoria, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on October 9, 2011, at 1:37:16
Antipsychotic-induced dysphoria is fairly common. I got it from low-dose Seroquel and even low dose Zyprexa made me feel, if not dysphoric, then at bit melancholy and drugged. I can't imagine that mixing that with clonidine is doing you any favors.
My advice: taper off the clonidine. Either eliminate the zyprexa or get it down to the point where its just a booster for your AD drugs--I'd guess-timate that at 2.5-5mgs, since you're not bipolar or schiz-whatever. Reassess your need for Wellbutrin since high doses of 2 ADs strikes me as a little ridiculous when you're not bipolar or severely depressed AND zyprexa is a good SSRI booster, but I don't think it does a whole lot to help Wellbutrin do its job, except maybe take the edge off during initiation of treatment.
Generally speaker, the fewer meds you can take the better. I've personally found that complicated med combos do more to screw me up than they do to help me. You have to deal with side-effects, costs, drug-drug interactions...its crazy, really, really crazy.
I still think you would do well to ask your shrink to taper you off completely and then do a drug-free period and just work on your life and quit seeing this shrink (in particular) and shrinks in general. Maybe use the resources (time, money, energy, etc.) you currently spend on psychiatric treatment and researching potential medication(s) going to therapy, group therapy, pursuing a job/better job, education, etc.
I see a lot of myself in you. I used to be pill obsessed. Benzos, uppers--I was all over it. When I got detoxed and treated like crap, I quit going to therapy or to shrinks and I ended up having a psychotic break. Weirdly enough, my drug-free period (or shrink-free period, I should say) made me a stronger, tougher person. I guess I *should* have been on a neuroleptic or something, but it worked out OK going unmedicated because I became a better person. When I did have to go back to psychiatrists, things were a lot better. They even gave me short-term benzos.
Good luck.
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